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betsy ross growing up
betsy rosses childhood was very strict she grew up as a quaker meaning she must wear long dresses her parents were strict and she had to work as a child -
betsy rosses first mariage
betsy ross married john rosss when she was olny 21 years old john served in the army he was injured from serving and soon passed away after that they were olny married for three years -
meeting with george washington
betsy met with the committee of three george washington. george ross . and robert morris which led to the sewing of the first flag -
betsy sewes the flag
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flaglife.htmlgeorge washington wanted her to sew six pointed stars on the flag but betsy said five pointed stars would look better george said that five would be more complicated and take longer but betsy proved him wrong when she showed him how to cut a five pointed star with a single cut -
betsy shares her home
while her second husband caption joseph ashburn was away at sea betsy was forced to share her home with british soldiers occupying philadelphia she still continues her sewing business for her income -
third marriage
betsy marries her life long friend john claypole they have five daughters together out of the five olny four live to be adults they have a sewing business togrther claypole passes away in 1817 -
betsy ross passes away
betsy continued her sewing business until 1827 after thta she went to live with her daughter susannah in philadelphia that is where she passed -
betsy ross postage stamp
http://www.answers.com/topic/betsy-rossthe us postal service issued betsy a stamp to celebrate the 200th anniversart of her birth -
a bridge named in her honer
the betsy ross bridge opened up for traffic it recived the award for the procrastinators club of america
